Saturday, August 12, 2017

Really Good News

Thing Two rocked his annual appointment with the neurodevelopmental pediatrician this week. There's definitely still work to be done, especially on the social end of things and with pragmatic language, but she used the words "academically gifted" to describe him, encouraged us to get his IQ tested, and (most amazingly) said that she will not be surprised if he no longer needs his Special Ed classification by the time he enters high school three years from now.

Seven years ago he had his first visit with her. At that point he had essentially no expressive or receptive language at all, and consequently no social skills since his ability to communicate was rudimentary at best. He's come so far. I cried.

About Me

Welcome to the world of Mama D!
A biologist by profession, I'm currently the SAHM of three rambunctious small fry (boys are 12 and 14, girl is 10) and the wife of an attorney with a very good sense of humor, which he often needs around this house. :) An enthusiastic student of taekwondo, I'm also the keeper of the family genealogy records, an avid (some might say insane) geocacher, a school board member and a volunteer for way too many school and community activities. Some days I am overwhelmed by how lucky I am, and some days I'm just overwhelmed!
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